Unit 2: Livestock Production-84 Pds

Importance of livestock in agriculture and industry, White revolution in India.

Important breeds Indian and exotic, distribution of cows, buffaloes and poultry in India.

Care and Management-52 Pds

Systems of cattle and poultry housing.

Principles of feeding, feeding practices.

Balanced ration-definition and ingredients.

Management of calves, bullocks, pregnant and milch animals as well as chicks crockrels and layers, poultry.

Signs of sick animals, symptoms of common diseases in cattle and poultry, Rinderpest, black quarter, foot and mouth, mastius and haemorrhagic septicaemia coccidiosis, Fowl pox and Ranikhet disease, their prevention and control.

Artificial Insemination-16 Pds

Reproductive organs, collection, dilution and preservation of semen and artificial insemination, role of artificial insemination in cattle improvement. Livestock Products: Processing and marketing of milk and Milk products.

Class XI (11th) (Practicals)

One Paper of 3 Hours and 30 marks.

Unitwise Weightage

Units

Marks

Live stock Practical

16 Marks

Observation

05 Marks

Collection and Visits

05 Marks

Viva Voce

04 Marks

Livestock Practical-38 Pds

Handling of bullocks for field operation/drenching/shoe fixing.

Score-card, method of judging milch animals.

Sign of heat in cows.

Grooming.

Determination of age of cattle

Computing ration for an animal.

Preparation of hay and silage.

Calculating the body weight of farm animals.

Care and handling of pregnant and milch cattle.

Administration of some common medicines.

Studying of the signs of sick animals.

Testing of milk fat and gravity.

Milking of cows/buffaloes.

Cleaning and maintenance of cattle sheds.

Calculating the cost of milk production per kg.

Culling of birds.

Cleaning of poultry houses.

Management of deep litter system.

Practice of record keeping and calculation of the cost of production of eggs per dozen.

Computation of poultry feed.

Observation-16 Pds

Identification of common breeds of cows, buffaloes and poultry birds.

Observation of dehorrning, branding, tatooing, castrating in local veterinary hospital.

Observation of artificial insemination in the local veterinary hospital.

Observing vaccination of poultry birds against common diseases.

Collection & Visits

Preparation of practical record.

Visit to the local dairy and poultry farms, diary plants and plant breeding biotechnology laboratory and agro-meteorological laboratory.

Note: Students should submit a written report on the basis of experience acquired in their visits.

Viva Voce

Class XII (12th) Theory

One Paper of 3 Hours and 70 marks.

Unitwise Weightage

Units

Marks

Crop Production

40 Marks

Horticulture

30 Marks

Unit 1: Crop Production-96 Pds

Introduction-08 Pds.

Targets and achievement in foodgrain production in India since independence and its future projections, sustainable crop production, commercialisation of agriculture and its scope in India.

Classification of field crops based on their utility-cereals, pulses, oils seeds, fibre, sugar and forage crops.